athena53
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DH and I always took the attitude that whatever upgrades we made to the house (bamboo flooring, granite countertops) were for our enjoyment and we shouldn't expect to get back what we paid when we sold the house- which pretty much turned out to be true. I think you need to take the same attitude with a pool- it's money out the door and for every potential buyer down the road who considers it a "nice to have", there will be one who won't even look at a house with a pool.
I've owned two houses with pools, one in NJ and one in the KC area, over a period of 20 years. Two things made the second one far easier to maintain- a robotic pool cleaner and a winter covering made of slats that (in theory) could hold the weight of someone walking on it. The plain tarp winter cover is a real PITA- the weight of rain, ice or snow would cause corners of it to sink into the pool, debris would get in and if the corners froze in the water there wasn't much you could do till it thawed.
They ARE very pretty to look at and I enjoyed using mine, especially after getting all hot and sweaty pulling weeds. DH gradually stopped using it because health issues messed up his body thermostat and it was uncomfortable. Regular maintenance costs weren't bad- it was just the larger chunks when the pump died or a leak in the piping meant the cement around the pool edge had to be broken up and then redone after the piping was replaced.
The expenses were manageable but it was getting so little use by the time we sold the house that I was glad to buy a house without one. YMMV.
I've owned two houses with pools, one in NJ and one in the KC area, over a period of 20 years. Two things made the second one far easier to maintain- a robotic pool cleaner and a winter covering made of slats that (in theory) could hold the weight of someone walking on it. The plain tarp winter cover is a real PITA- the weight of rain, ice or snow would cause corners of it to sink into the pool, debris would get in and if the corners froze in the water there wasn't much you could do till it thawed.
They ARE very pretty to look at and I enjoyed using mine, especially after getting all hot and sweaty pulling weeds. DH gradually stopped using it because health issues messed up his body thermostat and it was uncomfortable. Regular maintenance costs weren't bad- it was just the larger chunks when the pump died or a leak in the piping meant the cement around the pool edge had to be broken up and then redone after the piping was replaced.
The expenses were manageable but it was getting so little use by the time we sold the house that I was glad to buy a house without one. YMMV.